What would happen if possible unintended consequence of the Presidents current plan of attack.

The shutdown continues federal funds earmarked for the states are withheld; the states decide to withhold state taxes owed to the federal government and instead use them to fund projects/activities the feds should have been doing.

Its a win/win. Citizens realize that they dont need the federal government as much as they have been led to believe. The states regain some of the rights they have lost to the feds. The feds get less money in the coffers, thus starving the beast.

I would not pay for a service not rendered, so why should the states pay for federal services not rendered.

A hog finds an acorn once in a while. A small group of us at FR have been saying the states should use Eminent Domain to take control of the parks within their borders permanently. Since the fed is offering, they should take control of the parks and not give them back.

I guess we got in just in time. My wife and I visited all the Utah parks, as well as Crater Lake, in mid-September. I’d have been powerful pissed if we had pulled the trailer all the way fro NW Washington and found the parks all closed. And the missus has a way worse temper than I do.

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posted on 10/10/2013 11:08:53 AM PDT
by beelzepug
(if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')

I wonder if the American populace is paying attention. There is an object lesson here.

The encroachment of the Federal Government into every aspect of our lives is plainly being played out here for all to see. What part of..{they are taking your money and saying that you have no vested interest in your own country}...don’t people understand?

These Parks and Wilderness areas do not belong to the politicians in Washington, DC. The USA citizens own those Monuments, Parks and Wildernesses. We have paid for them for years and compliantly sat back, like sheep, and watched the Feds regulate our access to them.

Every Park Ranger that participated in Obama’s directive, “To inflict as much pain as possible” on the American People, should be fired. Everyone of them should submit their resignations.

It time to put a stop to this expansive Government intrusion into our lives...hopefully, it isn’t too late.

I called Marcia Fudge, the head of the black caucus, and my HOR Rep (because of OH 'pubs who can't even get gerrymandering correct), with this message for her gal on the phone:

During the time of slavery, many an escaped slave used the Cuyahoga River as their escape route, hoping to get to Lake Erie and then across to Canada. Well, many got to the Lake but not across. That is why the east side of Cleveland has one of the largest and oldest concentrations of descendents of slaves in the US. Now, that freedom trail along the Cuyahoga is a national park, forever preserved as a reminder of the path those escaped slaves took to freedom. That's right, folks. Obama (who isn't a descendent of slaves) closed access to that powerful symbol of freedom.

Ya' think maybe Destiny (the girl's name...honest) got that message to Representative Fudge? She represents those Cleveland area descendents of those brave and determined slaves who made their way to freedom. <^..^>

Hick went to Estes Park yesterday where he caught grief from the locals about RMNP being closed. The road over the park can be used by tourists and truck conveyors for heavy equipment to rebuild other roads from the Estes side.

He promised to call 0 to get the road [ at least ] reopened so that tourists might support Estes financially.

With a third state Senate recall in the works [ which could cost the DUmmies the state Senate soon ] 0 folded ?

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)

Rocky Mountain National Park was the only way out of Estes Park during the recent flooding. There is only one way out of Estes Park with the RMNP closed. Don’t expect much form Chickenpooper outside of the typical lying liberal rhetoric.

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posted on 10/10/2013 11:53:51 AM PDT
by mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)

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